If there was a medical way to prevent gender dysphoria, would it be ethical? Why or why not?

[JessicaEarl]

Yes

No

[CheeseMonster]

I imagine if it was effective at preventing—like mostly helpful, and mostly not harmful to the patient—then it would be just as ethical as the medical ways to alleviate gender dysphoria. After all the most ethical medical treatments are the ones that are the most positively effective with the least negative side effects.

Unfortunately I don't see prevention methods being plausible since gender dysphoria doesn't seem to have "warning signs" and can start showing symptoms even in early childhood. So most people will have to just treat/manage it after finding out.

[Berethor]

It sure more ethical than cutting body parts, gender dysphoria is a psychological problem.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sObPHx2QMY0

[gorydetails]

There is a medical way. You give people with gender dysphoria therapy to teach them to be comfortable in their bodies and/or coach them through their autogynephilia fetish.

It's not exactly ethical to cut the boobs off a 14-year-old girl, but here we are.

[msc545]

What you are suggesting does not work, often precipitates suicides, and is now illegal in most states. There is a reason that it is illegal.

[gorydetails]

@msc545 There are now states working to stop the mutilation of children. Absolutely. But there are still states where it's allowed.

[msc545]

Unfortunately, there might be such states. It needs to be illegal everywhere.

[msc545]

I think it would be ethical. Gender dysphoria is a very serious condition that can often lead to self-harm including suicide if left untreated. Treatment is difficult, expensive, and often incomplete.

[Guardian45]

That's a medical ethics dilemma weighing outcomes. I don't want to be part of that debate, but I imagine the 'patient' should have a HUGE say on what happens to them!

[Anonymous]

Well wouldn’t it depend on what exactly it was